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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Sudanese PM Hamdok (US Department of State)

READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok....

Joint Statement: The United States and the United Arab Emirates Working Together on Climate Challenge (US Department of State)

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON At the conclusion of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s visit to the United Arab Emirates, the two nations...

Joint Statement from the United Arab Emirates Regional Climate Dialogue (US Department of State)

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and the following leaders concluded a regional dialogue April 4 on confronting the...

(USA) No, rescuing pensions won’t destroy them (Brookings)

Joshua Gotbaum In the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, Democrats inserted an estimated $86 billion to prevent the collapse of distressed multiemployer pensions and...

(Jordan) Jordan in turmoil (Brookings)

Bruce Riedel Jordan is in the midst of what may be its most serious political crisis in 50 years. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/05/jordan-in-turmoil/

(Carbon Pricing) Efficient carbon pricing under uncertainty (VOXEU)

Christian Gollier Any global temperature target must be translated into an intertemporal carbon budget and an associated cost-efficient carbon price schedule. This column uses an...

(Emerging Market Economies/Quantitative Easing) Quantitative easing in emerging market economies: Benefits, risks, and limitations (VOXEU)

Yasin Mimir, Enes Sunel Central banks in emerging economies deployed asset purchases for the first time to respond to the Covid-19 shock. Initial studies have...

(France) The lock-in effects of part-time unemployment benefits (VOXEU)

Hélène Benghalem, Pierre Cahuc, Pierre Villedieu The rise of alternative work arrangements – from temporary and part-time work to self-employment and online gig-economy jobs –...

(Peru) Behavioural strategies to reduce teacher sorting in Peru (VOXEU)

Nicolas Ajzenman, Eleonora Bertoni, Gregory Elacqua, Luana Marotta, Carolina Méndez Low-income students are more likely to attend schools with less-qualified teachers, expanding the very achievement...

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